vinyl, n.Trivia

From 1956 to 1958 Chrysler offered a record player in its new cars called the Highway Hi-Fi. But it was short lived because they had a tendency to break.

Phonograph' comes from the Greek for "sound writing."

early phonographs didn't have volume control. People stuffed socks and towels into them to quiet them--which is where we get the phrase "put a sock in it"